The Strasburg Indians were greeted with a frosty Friday night drizzle that rained down on the Digger Dome and were instantly welcomed in brutal Brush style as the Beetdiggers set fire to the scoreboard early on and never relented during a 50-21 homecoming smash.

All night long it was a bevy of Beetdiggers who paved the way for a relentless ground attack from star running back Kyle Rosenbrock (17 carries, 198 yds) who managed to blaze through the Strasburg defense, earning Brush's first four rushing touchdowns and three conversions on the night.

His first run for points came on the second play of Brush's first possession as he took the ball 57 yards downfield for points. With the extra point attempt partially blocked, Rosenbrock managed to ignite the Diggers dominance with a 6-0 lead. He would follow that performance up with a touchdown from 11 yards away and pushed through a two-point conversion soon after to take Brush's lead to 14-0.

A fumble recovery saw Strasburg come back with their first TD but the score was left at 14-6 after a bad snap over the head of the Indians kicker made room for a Jake Morrow tackle to give Brush fine field position.

Senior quarterback Mitch Tormohlen gained some ground on the night (5 carries, 97 yds) and his 31-yard gain on a bootleg sparked a third Rosenbrock running TD from 24 yards out to take the Brush lead to 20-6 after an unsuccessful conversion attempt.

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With just under two minutes remaining in the first frame, Strasburg continued to battle with 6'3 sophomore wide receiver Brian Nichols, who caused havoc for the Digger D throughout the contest, taking a kickoff nearly all the way downfield to the 11. Although the Diggers managed to stop the push, taking Strasburg to a third down and goal situation, the Indians QB Jacob Smith took his sneak-attack to the end zone for a second Strasburg TD. The PAT was good, putting Strasburg within reach at 20-13 as the first quarter clock ran down.

The second quarter saw Tormohlen once again chew up yardage for the Diggers on a 30-yard gain and his toss to Randy Baker at the one-yard-line set up Rosenbrock's fourth TD which he swiftly followed up with a second 2-point conversion.

With Brush up 28-13, Strasburg continued to struggle against a rough Digger D that put the Indians in an awkward fourth and goal situation at the two, but the Indians were able to capitalize, finally, on a Smith TD and successful conversion to close Brush's lead to 28-21.

With just over a minute of play left in the first half, Tormohlen found a familiar face in Ben Mickey and threw through the air for a 57-yard catch that brought Mickey his first, and Brush its fifth, score of the night. Rosenbrock added a third successful conversion to take the Diggers to a more comfortable 36-21 lead going into the half, but not before a Christian DeLong giant 'WAM' tackle set Strasburg back into the worst field position they'd enjoyed in the game.

A Jake Brown diving interception helped blast Brush into the end zone to start the second half after a Tormohlen bootleg TD from 20 yards out. Freshly crowned homecoming king Jesus Cardenas made his second good PAT of the night to take Brush 43-21 over Strasburg.

A final seventh Beetdigger TD came in the fourth as Jake Morrow managed to hit the end zone from 10 yards out. Cardenas PAT took the final Brush lead to 50-21.

For Head Coach Randy Dreitz, the effort was praiseworthy but there is still work to be done as the Beetdiggers take on two games away amidst Patriot league pressure.

"We need to do a better job at tackling," he said during a post-game interview with 1010KSIR radio. "We need to be swarming defenses and we need to make sure we get there, get there as a team and make sure our opponent is down for sure before we quit on a play."

The Diggers (4-2 overall, 2-2 league) will next travel to the home of the now 2-4 overall, 2-2 in Patriot League Valley Vikings who come off enduring a 55-14 loss to Eaton. That varsity game will take place on Friday, October 12 with kickoff slated for 7 pm.

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